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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people with ASD really prefer to be alone? |
| mackico |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2013, 7:05 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,723
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I like my alone time, but I get lonely, and do enjoy structured activies with other people.
So... a bit of both. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you going to Autreat/Autscape 2013? |
| mackico |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2013, 5:21 pm
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Replies: 151
Views: 32,204
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I shall not be attending either.
It's a bit far to get to either the UK or the US from New Zealand. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can an Aspie develop typically as a baby? |
| mackico |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2013, 5:14 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,563
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| I was not diagnosed until adulthood. I had no speech delay, but apparently, my emotions didn't develop right. My parents had to teach me emotions by using my NT younger sister as a model. My parents, for some strange reason, did not see this as particularly odd, and just took it in their stride. My ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Epilepsy |
| mackico |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2013, 1:56 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,112
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| I read that up to 1/3 people on the spectrum also have epilepsy or some form of seizure disorder. I've been having partial seizures since I was 14 (I'm now 22) although I've only just recently got the diagnosis of epilepsy, thanks to a lot of misdiagnoses, the fact that the first two neurologists th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and above average IQ |
| mackico |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2013, 1:50 am
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Replies: 167
Views: 84,577
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| First IQ test I had done by a psychologist when I was 14. It came back at 125. Above average, I guess. Second IQ test I had I was 21 and I on a massive quantity of antipsychotic medications that were severely affecting my cognitive functioning. I could barely do anything, my short-term memory was sh... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASMR and Aspies? |
| mackico |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2013, 1:33 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,443
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Oh, I had no idea that that was what it was called.
You learn something new every day.
I actually find touch, specifically of my hands, head or back, will trigger this response, as will sounds. It's weird, because I normally hate it when people touch me casually or without warning. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can you read facial expressions? |
| mackico |
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Posted: 03 Jun 2013, 4:53 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,318
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| To an extent. It depends how well I know the person I'm looking at. I can read my mother's facial expressions reliably. Other family members with a bit less accuracy, but still all right. Anyone else's, I can read the most obvious emotions, such as extreme distress, excitement, happiness, fury, exha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fun quiz-How neurotypical are you? |
| mackico |
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Posted: 03 Jun 2013, 4:46 pm
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Replies: 681
Views: 77,894
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7%.
Hm.
Well, it isn't that surprising, to be honest. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Sleeping Position |
| mackico |
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Posted: 03 Jun 2013, 4:39 pm
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,182
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| I shift around quite a lot, but I never seem to know what to do with my arms. They're always getting in the way, and they're always awkward and uncomfortable. I do not sleep on my back, because for some reason this makes me feel nauseous. Has for almost my entire life, and I haven't the faintest clu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Food texture you like/dislike |
| mackico |
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Posted: 03 Jun 2013, 4:37 pm
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Replies: 47
Views: 4,297
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| I really like the texture of mushrooms. I hate the texture of beans, lentils, chickpeas, pretty much all legumes. Most of the time I can deal with other textures, even if I don't particularly like them, although I do have a lot of issues with flavour, so there are a whole lot of other foods that I w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: did you engage in any dramatic play as a child? |
| mackico |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2013, 1:28 am
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Replies: 58
Views: 6,400
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| While I never played "house" as such, I did have imaginative play. It was almost exclusively with my younger brother, or one particular friend who had very similar interests and a brother who was incidentally also on the spectrum. We would each choose a character and role play. Or we would play with... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you think - visual / verbal / patterns / other |
| mackico |
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Posted: 31 May 2013, 5:10 pm
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Replies: 69
Views: 6,799
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Possibly all of the above, or none of the above.
I don't actually know.
Sometimes I will think exclusively in music or numbers, others I will think in pictures and then others still I will think in words. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: nose picking |
| mackico |
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Posted: 31 May 2013, 5:04 pm
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Replies: 121
Views: 23,980
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I've always been a nose-picker.
Eater, too, if I'm honest.
I don't do it in public, just in private. At least I'm that restrained.
It always sort of bothers me if I breathe through my nose and there's something obstructing that breath. That's usually what prompts a good delving. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Tattoos |
| mackico |
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Posted: 31 May 2013, 3:47 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,219
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| Out of interest, who else here is on the spectrum and also has tattoos? I imagine quite a few people can't deal with needles, so they just wouldn't even go there. But long before I found out I had ASD I was in a tattoo parlour getting inked. Does anyone else have any tattoos, or is this something th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Getting a haircut |
| mackico |
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Posted: 31 May 2013, 3:43 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,737
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| I hate having long hair because it always itches. So I have quite a short hair cut even though I'm a girl. And that makes it harder. So for the last three years, my way of solving the haircut issue, has been to just walk in, and honestly ask for a mohawk. Completely shaved on the sides, one inch lon... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did you have trouble tying shoelaces as a child? |
| mackico |
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Posted: 31 May 2013, 3:19 am
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Replies: 118
Views: 14,406
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There are two ways of tying shoelaces.
I can tie them one of the ways, but not the other.
I was nine years old before I learned to tie them that first way. |
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